Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2020-12-07
R1472/2019-3
Contested design: 002057620-0006
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed and the design holder must bear the invalidity applicant's fees and costs.
Show verbatim operative text
1. Dismisses the appeal; 2. Orders the design holder to bear the fees and costs incurred by the invalidity applicant.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
WIDMANN S.r.l.
Italy (IT)
Viale dell'Industria 3/C, 20020 Busto Garolfo (MI), Italy
Represented by
Holder · RCD owner
Worldwide Dynasty Inc.
United States (US)
20630 Superior Street, Chatsworth California 91311, United States of America
Represented by
Prior art cited (1)
glasses with moustache pendant
randommization.com / trashed-ideas.net 'Black Handlebar Mustache Sunglasses' · randommization.com and trashed-ideas.net · disclosed 2011-09-17
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The design holder argued that the relevant Internet evidence was unreliable or qualified as its own grace-period disclosure, and that the costume-mask design differed from the cited fashion accessory products.
- ›The invalidity applicant argued that prior design D1 was clearly published online before the priority date and that the contested RCD reproduced its essential arbitrary features.
- ›The Board started from D1 rather than D7 because D1 showed the chain clearly, rejected the Article 7(2) self-disclosure argument, and accepted the Internet printouts as sufficient proof of disclosure.
- ›Comparing the frontal features, the Board found the same overall impression and dismissed the appeal, leaving the RCD invalid.
Deciding panel
- ChairTh. M. Margellos
- RapporteurC. Negro
- MemberE. Fink
- RegistrarH. Dijkema
Decision files
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| deDeutsch (de) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esespañol (es) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| enEnglish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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